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OREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS

EIN 46-2649265 PORTLAND, OR

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Revenue 2024
$906,544
Expenses 2024
$1,008,367

Program services were 57.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
7508 N HEREFORD AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SERVES DIVERSE POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS BY PROVIDING MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO ENGAGE IN THE ARTS. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS, BRAVO PROMOTES SOCIAL JUSTICE, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)PROVIDES SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND HELPS BOOST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE, CONFIDENT, COMMUNITY-MINDED ARTISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BRAVO TRANSFORMS THE LIVES OF UNDERSERVED YOUTH THROUGH INTENSIVE CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION.

  • OVERALL, BRAVO OFFERS DYNAMIC IN-SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT CULTIVATE TEAMWORK, SELF-CONTROL, AND FOCUSED ATTENTION THROUGH INTENSIVE ORCHESTRAL INSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCES. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THE ORGANIZATION INCURRED PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES IN THE FOLLOWING MAJOR CATEGORIES. THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM - ACTIVITIES AT BRAVO INCLUDE FULL ORCHESTRA REHEARSALS, SECTIONALS WITH A LOW STUDENT-TO-TEACHER RATIO, CHORAL SINGING AND SOLFGE TRAINING, VISITS BY GUEST ARTISTS, INCLUDING REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS, AND FREQUENT PERFORMANCES AT VENUES AROUND PORTLAND. THE IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM - BRAVO PROVIDES INTRODUCTORY MUSIC RESIDENCIES TO PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM IS OPERATED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH PPS-CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND STAFF. SOME BENEFITS ARE: DEVELOPMENT OF FINE MOTOR SKILLS, INCREASED FAMILY/SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT, AND ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL FOUNDATION FOR THE MORE INTENSIVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. BRAVO HIGH SCHOOL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM - BRAVO'S AMBASSADOR ENSEMBLE IS OUR MUSIC AND SKILL BASED PROGRAM THAT GIVES YOUNG ADULTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS THROUGH PERFORMING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AMBASSADORS ALSO LEARN SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS SUCH AS PROMOTION, MARKETING, BOX OFFICE, EVENT MANAGEMENT, SOUND PRODUCTION, ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING, AND MORE.BRAVO COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA (BCO) - BCO IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL ENSEMBLE THAT REHEARSES WEEKLY AND PERFORMS TOGETHER IN NORTH PORTLAND THREE TIMES A YEAR. IT IS A MUSICAL HUB THAT BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG STUDENTS FROM THE REGION, LOCAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND EXPERIENCED COMMUNITY MUSICIANS.

    Expenses $577,469 · Grants $6,788 · Revenue $11,321

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cynthia MacLeod

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Veronica Acosta

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Scott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kenneth Barry

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorelei Juntunen

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tyrone Hendrix

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tamala Newsome

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Thompson

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Tuomi

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Neal Spinler

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $91,309
    From this org
    $82,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,578
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $906,544
    Expenses
    $1,008,367
    Contributions
    $907,239
    Grants paid
    $6,788
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $942,661
    Expenses
    $1,117,778
    Contributions
    $840,052
    Grants paid
    $8,775
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $940,898
    Expenses
    $1,370,957
    Contributions
    $818,020
    Grants paid
    $6,941

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,305,666
    Expenses
    $1,147,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,107,845

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,446,395
    Expenses
    $1,182,089
    Assets (EOY)
    $978,355

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,280,984
    Expenses
    $1,117,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $672,981

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,257,030
    Expenses
    $1,037,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $510,828

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $785,782
    Expenses
    $674,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $312,075

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.